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Jerry Pournelle has written 88 work(s)
Tired of the tyrannical rule of Earth, the colonists on the planet Sparta have revolted and hire John Christian Falkenberg and his mercenary legion to train them how to fight, but Grand Senator Bronson, one of Earth's most powerful rulers, will do anything to stop Falkenberg and crush Spartan independence.
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9780743435567 | Baen Books, August 27, 2002, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Tired of the tyrannical rule of Earth, the colonists on the planet Sparta have revolted and hire John Christian Falkenberg and his mercenary legion to train them how to fight, but Grand Senator Bronson, one of Earth's most powerful rulers, will do anything to stop Falkenberg and crush Spartan independence.
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9781573928946 | Prometheus Books, June 1, 2001, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: Offers background and documentation on the supposed crash of a flying saucer near Roswell, New Mexico, in the summer of 1947, and the alleged government cover-up.
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9781841490069 | Gardners Books, April 27, 2000, cover price $29.60 | About this edition: When Prokeet, the fire god, possessed one of the lordkin, the lust for fire took hold and the burning began.
9780671036607 | Atria Books, March 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A young man named Whandell Placehold comes of age as he fights to free his people from the clutches of a merciless and evil god
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9781416575085 | Atria Books, August 24, 2007, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: Each an acclaimed author in his own right, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle have collaborated on some of the biggest bestsellers in science fiction history, including the No.
9780671036614 | Reprint edition (Pocket Books, June 1, 2001), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A young man named Whandell Placehold comes of age as he fights to free his people from the clutches of the merciless fire god, Yagen-Atep.
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9780312861834 | Tor Books, May 1, 1998, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Daring at last to ask the benevolent voice in his head some difficult questions, young Kip learns that his parents had implanted a chip in his brain that connects him to a powerful computer, that they had been subsequently killed, and that his own life is also in danger
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9780812538939 | Reissue edition (Tor Books, August 1, 1999), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Daring at last to ask the benevolent voice in his head some difficult questions, young Kip learns that his parents had implanted a chip in his brain that connects him to a powerful computer, that they had been subsequently killed, and that his own life is also in danger
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9780312861742 | Tor Books, June 1, 1996, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Kicked out of school after a misfired practical joke, Rick Luban takes a job mining asteroids and is surprised by the industry's fierce competition and dangers, which include sabotage and murder
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9780812538908 | Reprint edition (Tor Science Fiction, April 1, 1997), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Kicked out of school after a misfired practical joke, Rick Luban takes a job mining asteroids and is surprised by the industry's fierce competion and dangers, which include sabotage and murder
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9780671877415 | Baen Books, September 1, 1996, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Finding himself on the distant world of Tran, which is populated by humans from all Earth times, former mercenary Rick Galloway, now known as Lord Rick, must unite the warring nations of the planet to survive the time of the Demon Star
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9781566861014 | Brady, February 1, 1995, cover price $26.95
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9780688131739 | William Morrow & Co, April 1, 1994, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, and Charles Sheffield share stories and essays that speculate on what the world will be like fifty years from now and discuss the sociological and technological implications of their expectations
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9780380718863 | Avon Books, February 1, 1995, cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Based on technological and scientific forecasts, four science fiction authors--Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, and Charles Sheffield--offer their views of the future
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9780671876166 | Baen Books, August 1, 1994, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Escaping near destruction of their battle-demon species, the genetically engineered Saurons seek refuge on Haven, a dumping ground for the criminals of the Codominium, whose population has been shaped by centuries of violence
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9780671720360, titled "Man-kzin Wars II" | Reissue edition (Baen Books, July 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Still smarting from their defeat at the hands of humans centuries ago, the Kzinti, cat-like carnivores, plan their second assault on Planet Earth
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9780671720896 | Reissue edition (Baen Books, January 1, 1994), cover price $4.99
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9780671721992 | Rev sub edition (Baen Books, December 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: One fateful night, Kevin Senecal, an engineering student at UCLA, is attacked by a murderous 'youth gang' and accidently kills one of them while escaping, and Kevin finds himself on the run.
9780441222186 | Reissue edition (Ace Books, November 1, 1986), cover price $2.95 | also contains Beyond Equality in the American Classroom: The Case for Inclusive Education | About this edition: One fateful night, Kevin Senecal, an engineering student at UCLA, is attacked by a murderous ""youth gang"" and accidently kills one of them while escaping, and Kevin finds himself on the run.
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9780812500660 | Reissue edition (Tom Doherty Assoc Llc, October 1, 1993), cover price $3.95
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9780671720612 | Baen Books, September 1, 1993, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: As the long-time peacekeeper--the Soviet-American CoDominium--dies, nations prepare for battle and American idealists on the planet Sparta call on John Christian Falkenberg and his legion to fight Grand Senator Bronson's techno-ninjas
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9780812509021 | Tor Books, July 1, 1993, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Men of War
Product Description: Two Space Hab astronauts are shot down over the North Dakota glacier by the new totalitarian government given carte blanche to control the greenhouse effect.
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9781882690152 | New edition (Allegro New Media, March 1, 1993), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Two Space Hab astronauts are shot down over the North Dakota glacier by the new totalitarian government given carte blanche to control the greenhouse effect.
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9780671721589 | Baen Books, March 1, 1993, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: After defeating the initial assault of Grand Senator Bronson's Helot armies, the Spartans arm themselves to fend off another Helot attack, this one designed to exterminate the Spartans as a people
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9780671698775 | Reissue edition (Pocket Books, January 1, 1993), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Corporate monsters battling for control of the universe and an interplanetary conspiracy are portrayed in two of the seven stories in this science-fiction anthology
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9780671720278, titled "Death's Head Rebellion" | Baen Books, December 1, 1992, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: SF masters continue the saga of Haven and the Saurons, the Saurons now faced with rebellion from within
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9780441482320 | Ace Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $4.99 | also contains Word Origin 2016 Calendar | About this edition: A collection of fact and fiction surrounding space exploration features a work by Poul Anderson, Jerry Pournelle's look at pioneer know-how in space, Charles Sheffield's tale of a space battle between the young and old, and more.
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9780671721374 | Baen Books, October 1, 1992, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: After losing three significant battles to the humans, the Kzin begin to wonder if their combative diplomatic style is working, and they decide to reevaluate their strategy
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9780671654207 | Pocket Books, July 1, 1992, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: SF masters relate the story of Haven, a world forever at war, and its inhabitants: the Saurons, militaristic supermen, the Apaches, victims, and the last regiment of Imperial Marines
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9781556153938 | Microsoft Pr, July 1, 1992, cover price $27.95
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9780671721268 | Baen Books, July 1, 1992, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Tempered by the forces of evolution to become the greatest survivors of all species, the residents of the Haven battle humans in the years before the coming of the Saurons
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9780131261297 | Brady, February 1, 1992, cover price $21.95
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